“I’ve asked my colleagues in the Virginia Tech library whether they have become fearful of actually purchasing books for the Tech libraries, given what happened to Mr. Savage for merely recommending a book for a reading list,” said one veteran librarian at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va.

“Mr. Savage” of course is Scott Savage – a devout Quaker and head research librarian at OSU’s Mansfield, Ohio, campus. Last month, as a member of the university’s First Year Reading Experience Committee, Savage suggested four books be considered as required reading for incoming freshmen: “The Marketing of Evil” by David Kupelian, “The Professors” by David Horowitz, “Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis” by Bat Ye’or, and “It Takes a Family” by Sen. Rick Santorum.

Unexpectedly, however, the book suggestions drew blood. Three professors – two openly homosexual – condemned “The Marketing of Evil” as “hate literature” and “homophobic tripe” and filed a sexual harassment complaint against the librarian, contending his suggestion that students should read Kupelian’s book “threatened” them and made them feel “unsafe” and “harassed” on campus. After a stunning 21-0 faculty vote (with 9 abstentions) on March 13, the school launched an official “investigation” of Savage for “harassment due to sexual orientation.”

Defended by the Christian law firm Alliance Defense Fund, and with widespread media coverage for the last 10 days, OSU finally reversed itself and notified Savage last week that the harassment charges had been dropped. But now Savage and his lawyers are considering some sort of legal action against the university.

Question: If conservative books – even popular bestsellers – and their authors attract so much condemnation on college campuses today, how is that bias reflected in the schools’ library systems?

The Virginia Tech librarian ran a database search on “The Marketing of Evil” to see how many libraries worldwide had a copy, and came up with some surprising results. He searched WorldCat, an online database of the Dublin, Ohio-based Online Computer Library Center, or OCLC, which is accessed by more than 53,548 libraries in 96 countries and territories worldwide.

“According to WorldCat,” he said, “only 188 libraries worldwide report owning a copy of ‘The Marketing of Evil.’ I’m pleased that Virginia Tech is one of only eight libraries in Virginia that reports owning the book. I had requested it because I wanted to read it. One of my colleagues saw to it that it was purchased. We are now pleased to see that it is currently checked out.”

“But,” he added, “could we be at risk for recommending the book and adding it to the collection? We’ll have to get more books like this to find out.”

Of the many academic libraries in Virginia, he added, “only two of six public doctoral institutions (Virginia Tech and University of Virginia), and two private universities (Regent University and Liberty University) report owning a copy of the book.”

“In North Carolina, UNC Wilmington and Elon U. are the only 4-year institutions that report owning the book,” he said. “And in Ohio, home of the controversy, not a single academic library reports owning the book, though nine public libraries report owning it.”

Other “conservative” books – despite their bestseller status with the public – often do not end up in university libraries, he said. “Books by Regnery Publishing seem especially unpopular on campuses. For example, only 185 libraries report owning a copy of ‘The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science.’ Only NC State and two public libraries in North Carolina report owning a copy.”

“Perhaps we need some philanthropist to start donating such books to libraries across the country,” he quipped.

But would the libraries accept the books, even if donated?

“Everything has changed in libraries,” Savage explained, noting that many, though certainly not all, librarians “strongly disassociate themselves from anything on the right.”

“Read this book and you will start seeing the lies more clearly and you will then be on the path to truth. It will be very painful for some to admit the truth. You will have to say to yourself, as I did, “Oh my God. All those precious years wasted living by these lies.” … In the long run you will feel a tremendous sense of gratitude for having read this book.”

“This book has put a powerful voice to many things that truth-loving people in America have felt in their spirits for a long, long time. … I like my medicine straight and my truth even straighter, and this book delivers, with no apologies or flinching. … I for one am forever changed.”

“This was a great book!! So truthful. Should be required reading.”

“The Marketing of Evil” irritates only those who hate the light of day, goodness, family and the Truth. I recommend this book for anyone who is looking for an explanation of the simple question: ‘How could we (Western Civilization) have sunk to such depraved depths?’”

“David Kupelian has authored a masterpiece that belongs in every home in America next to the Family Bible.”

“This book may offend those with a secular, humanistic, left-wing outlook but I feel that it is required reading for our time. Indeed, it is one of the best books that I have read for some time.”

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